Additional advice or help for the family I am supporting
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:07 am
Good morning, I have a family in Hillsborough County that is going through some very hardships at this time. The wife is the only one working and the husband has been laid off since October. The husband is actively looking for employment and is going to interviews yet has not been offered a job. Last night the wife calls me reporting that she has received a notice on her door saying that she has 3 days to leave the property.
She was so upset and asked if I could keep their child and they would be moving to their car. I asked her to read me the notice and asked how long was she late on her rent and she said that about 2 weeks. She has paid her rent and this month she fell behind and was not able to pay yet. However, she tried to mediate the situation with the complex and asked for an extension and even to pay something now and catch up by the end of the month. The complex is refusing any attempts and now is threatening to initiate the eviction process.
I am helping the husband with locating employment and I feel just horrible for them. This is a hard working couple, experiencing some complex hardships for the first time. The wife has tried to request assistance yet every time she is faced with the same dilemma.....she works full time and makes "too much money" ....due to this too much money this family will be forced into the homeless lifestyle. Can you please help me help them???? Please guide me in the right direction....it breaks my heart that a family is thinking about having their child away from them so they can minimize her adjustment by keeping her in the same school and not living in a shelter or car.
Please let me know what I can do to guide them in the best direction.
She was so upset and asked if I could keep their child and they would be moving to their car. I asked her to read me the notice and asked how long was she late on her rent and she said that about 2 weeks. She has paid her rent and this month she fell behind and was not able to pay yet. However, she tried to mediate the situation with the complex and asked for an extension and even to pay something now and catch up by the end of the month. The complex is refusing any attempts and now is threatening to initiate the eviction process.
I am helping the husband with locating employment and I feel just horrible for them. This is a hard working couple, experiencing some complex hardships for the first time. The wife has tried to request assistance yet every time she is faced with the same dilemma.....she works full time and makes "too much money" ....due to this too much money this family will be forced into the homeless lifestyle. Can you please help me help them???? Please guide me in the right direction....it breaks my heart that a family is thinking about having their child away from them so they can minimize her adjustment by keeping her in the same school and not living in a shelter or car.
Please let me know what I can do to guide them in the best direction.